Main Stem Eel River Fishing Report

Eel River - Fortuna, CA


by Kenny Priest
2-27-2026
Website

Main stem Eel
The main stem Eel was down to 65,500 cfs after reaching 190,000 cfs at Scotia Wednesday morning. It doesn’t look like it will drop down to a fishable flow for at least a couple of weeks, possibly by mid-March.


Kenny Priest operates Fishing the North Coast, a fishing guide service out of Humboldt specializing in salmon and steelhead. Find it on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and www.fishingthenorthcoast.com. For up-to-date fishing reports and North Coast river information, email kenny@fishingthenorthcoast.com.




More Reports

Fishing the North Coast Reports
for Friday, February 27th

: Sacramento, Klamath salmon rebound projected for 2026
Mad River: Mad River Fishing Report


2-19-2026
The Pacific Fishery Management Council released its Review of 2025 Ocean Salmon Fisheries report Wednesday, and the news was considerably...... Read More